Capability Planning
HTX’s Capability Planning pillar develops and implements organisation-wide plans and resources to empower HTX officers to do their best and deliver on their mission. The pillar consists of the following divisions:
Audit
The Audit division conducts financial, operational, and information systems audits of HTX’s operations. The division also performs information systems audits on Ministry of Home Affairs’ (MHA) Information & Communications Technology (ICT) systems to check for compliance with government ICT policies, guidelines, laws and regulations.
Central Procurement Office
The Central Procurement Office (CPO) manages the procurement of a wide range of goods and services to meet the strategic development and operational needs of MHA and HTX. CPO also sets procurement policies, develops procurement guides, implements procurement systems and streamlines processes to achieve procurement excellence.
Corporate & Finance
The Corporate and Finance division provides essential administrative services and oversees the office management and assets, enabling teams across HTX to operate efficiently. The division also plays a key financial stewardship role covering financial reporting, budgeting, cashflow management and ensuring strong financial controls that comply with policies or regulations.
Human Resource
The Human Resource division builds HTX’s workforce capability to ensure the agency has the desired leadership, workforce and organisational culture to achieve its mission of transforming Singapore’s public safety landscape to keep Singapore safe, through leveraging the agency’s science and technology (S&T) capability to support the work of the Home Team Departments.
Innovation Lab (TIGER)
TIGER (Trailblazing Innovation toGethER) drives human-centred design innovation across HTX and the Home Team ecosystem. Operating as both partner and capability builder, the division takes a player-coach approach to co-deliver high-impact projects whilst transferring innovation skills to teams. TIGER builds innovation capabilities, cultivates change-ready cultures, and establishes sustainable innovation pipelines that transform ideas into scalable impact.
Legal
The Legal division attends to HTX’s legal needs, providing professional legal advice and strategic guidance on legal matters to the Agency’s functions.
Partnerships
The Partnerships division steers external collaborations to support HTX’s capability development and sustainment goals. The division builds a robust network of local and international partnerships across government, industry and academia, prioritising S&T entities that bring innovative technologies to the fore. It also works closely with HTX’s innovation centre, Hatch, to catalyse the translation of dual-use technologies from promising startups into operational solutions that meet Home Team’s evolving challenges.
Plans & Strategy
The Plans & Strategy division is responsible for shaping HTX’s long term direction and translating the vision into concrete actions. It leads strategic planning, underpinned by horizon scanning that keeps HTX attuned to emerging technologies, societal shifts and evolving security challenges. These shape HTX’s long term planning and define the priorities that enable HTX to act as a force multiplier for the Home Team. The division is also responsible for the allocation and management of resources, both projects and manpower, to effect HTX's strategic plans. Robust project planning, monitoring and control mechanisms are embedded throughout to ensure efficient execution and measurement of outcomes against HTX’s strategic objectives.
Strategic Communications
The Strategic Communications division leverages a diverse range of communications tools to tell HTX’s story across owned, earned, shared and paid channels, sharing with the world how the agency uses S&T to force multiply the Home Team and keep Singapore safe and secure. The division is responsible for promoting the agency’s mission, protecting its reputation, and highlighting its scientists and engineers. This encompasses internal and public communications, which includes media relations, crisis communications, web and video content, social media, newsletters, brand and marketing campaigns, eXpresso townhalls, and events.